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Eight managers from the OLG Slots at the Rideau Carleton Raceway spend the day at Osgoode Township Care Centre baking cookies, decorating
Christmas trees and visiting with residents as part of the annual Community Action program organized by the United Way on Dec. 6. This was the
first year the OLG staff helped at the care centre, and general manager Damien DeRoux, left, said it was a great day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How can you get any better than
this, spreading some Christmas cheer?â&#x20AC;? he said.

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Metcalfeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anglican rector
will start a post-abortion
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Ottawa this spring.
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EMC news - At least one
Manotick developer already
has his sights set on redeveloping Dickinson Square.
Joe Princiotta, a local resi-

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of Dickinson Square, came to
a city hall meeting on Dec. 6
to announce that yes, he does
intend to make a pitch to redevelop at least part of the cityowned lands.
Manotick residents who
have an interest in the site say
it will be critical that developers are sensitive to the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
heritage.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the heart and soul,
not just of the village, but of
the region,â&#x20AC;? said longtime
Manotick resident Don Slack,
chairman of the board of Rural Ottawa South Support Services (ROSSS), which uses
one of the historic buildings
as its office.
The stage for redevelopment is set following the agriculture and rural affairs committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dec. 6 to approval to
loosen zoning rules for properties the city owns in the historic square. The site is home
to four heritage buildings

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dickinson House, Weaver
House, the Ayers Building
and the carriage shed â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that
currently house community
groups. An adjacent vacant
home is also up for redevelopment. If city council gives the
changes the final seal of approval on Dec. 19, constructing new buildings would be
allowed and the types of businesses and uses on the site
would expand.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anything we did today
and any changes we made are
about enhancing the square,â&#x20AC;?
said Rideau-Goulbourn Coun.
Scott Moffatt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And also, being consistent with what the
community wants. There were
many people who said theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d
love to see a brew pub-type
establishment in the square,
but we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have zoning for
that.â&#x20AC;?
With the changes, the city
is preparing to sell or lease
parts of the properties for redevelopment. That process
wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t begin until the city issues a call for developers in-

terested in the site. Princiotta
is first in line, but he isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the
only business person who has
expressed interest in doing
something with the property,
Moffatt said.
There are three separate addresses that the Manotick Mill
Quarter Community Development Corporation will determine the future of: 1127 and
1128 Mill St. and 1125 Clapp
Ln. The corporation could decide to sell or lease any or all
of those properties.
The focus for redevelopers
will be on the property at 1125
Clapp Ln., which is occupied
by a vacant house that has no
heritage designation.
The city originally proposed increasing the allowable building height from 11
metres tall to 13.5 m, but after
strong community objection,
a compromise of 12 m was
settled upon.
Princiotta hinted heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be interested in putting a building
with ground-floor retail and
residential units above, and

other commercial uses such as
offices are now allowed.
No decision to sell or lease
the property would be made
until residents have a chance
to see exactly what a developer is proposing for the sites,
Moffatt said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The community is going
to be involved every step of
the way,â&#x20AC;? he added.
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is the historic home of Moss
Kent Dickinson, the first resident of Manotick and mayor
of Ottawa from 1864 to 1866.
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also home to the carriage
shed, which is used as space to
support Watsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mill across
the street; the Weaver House,
which is currently unused;
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Canal season beginning May
17, 2013.
Up to two hours per day
have been cut from the spring,
summer and fall seasons, and
one lock will now operate by
appointment only in the spring
and fall.
The changes come in the
wake of a Parks Canada
memo in April which outlined
the need for drastic changes to
the Rideau Canal’s operations
to make up for a $29.2 million
budget cut.
A Parks Canada spokesperson said at the time that locks
services at Parks Canada canals have remained virtually unchanged for the past
25 years, while usage has
dropped by about a third.
During the 2013 spring
season from May 17 to June
20, the lockstations along the
canal will be open Monday
to Thursday from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. and Friday to Sunday
and holidays from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m.
Last year’s spring season
ran from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Monday to Thursday
and 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on
weekends.
This year’s summer season
has also been cut. From June
21 to September 2, the canal’s
lockstations will be open 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to
Thursday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
on weekends and holidays. In
2012, all days were open from
8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
The fall season from September 3 to October 14 has a
smaller change, with Monday
to Thursday open from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. and weekends
and holidays open from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Last year’s fall
season was open 9:30 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday and 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Friday to Monday, except for
one week in September that
offered evening hours until
7:30 p.m.
Beveridges Lock near Perth
will operate daily from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Monday to Thursday
and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends
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Peter Hurst, president
of Hurst Marina south of
Manotick, said he was happy
the hours weren’t cut as much
as they could have been.
“I would obviously prefer
that they didn’t cut it back,
but seeing as they are I’m
happy that it’s not more dramatic than it is,” he said, adding that in an economic slump
businesses and boaters have
to work with what they have.
“We’re in tough times as a
world and things change. You
have to adapt to what it is.”

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Hurst said it was much
more important that Parks
Canada maintain the traditional season length from Victoria
Day to Thanksgiving, which
the department confirmed it
would do earlier this summer.
“That’s what is the most important thing to me, that I can
get the big boats up and down
the system in the late fall and
early spring,” Hurst said.
Merrickville-Wolford Mayor Doug Struthers said keeping the season intact was the
major sticking point for local
representatives and businesses
along the Rideau corridor,
who met with Parks Canada earlier this year to voice
their concerns. Collaboration
and understanding between
the two sides won the day,
Struthers said. “The important
part from my perspective was
to meet, discuss, be focused
and influence in a positive
and constructive manner,”
Struthers said. “I’d say we
were successful.”
With that victory secured,
Struthers said it’s up to the
business communities along
the canal to decide if the reduced hours will work for
them. “Parks Canada has
stepped forward ... and hopefully what they have rolled
out is workable for the businesses,” Struthers said. “It
would be incumbent on the
private sectors to convey their
concerns.”

EMC news - A little daring
has gone a long way.
The Dare to Flash a ‘Stache
campaign wrapped up in
Morewood on Nov. 30, raising $54,000 for prostate cancer awareness.
Half of the money will go
to the Winchester District Memorial Hospital Foundation
and the other half will support
the Da Vinci robotic surgery
machine at the Ottawa Hospital, which is used exclusively
to treat prostate cancer.
Tom Clapp, a prostate
cancer survivor and co-chairman of the event’s organizing
committee, said he was taken
aback by the fundraiser’s success.
“The amount of money was
a big surprise,” Clapp said.
“We didn’t set any expectations because we didn’t know
what to expect.”
More than 130 people made
up 21 teams across south Ottawa and the Winchester area, including a number of volunteer
firefighter teams. Throughout
the month of November, the
Eastern Ontario prostate cancer awareness committee encouraged participants to grow
and groom their moustaches
to raise funds and awareness
about prostate cancer.

Of course, such an event
wouldn’t be complete without a little friendly competition and over the course of
November men fought to be
dubbed the best moustachioed
man in town.
In the end, Winchester
resident Leonard Kelly took
home the title with a standing
ovation from the 100 people
who attended the wrap-up
party. Kelly lives at the Dundas Manor long-term care
home in Winchester.
Fundraising kudos were
also awarded. The Winchester
volunteer firefighter team,
Sufficient Manpower, was
the highest team fundraiser,
collecting $5,015. North
Stormont Mayor Dennis Fife
raised the most of any individual, collecting $4,120 overall.
On the final day of the campaign, organizers received a
big boost when Rideau Auctions owner Hunter McCaig
presented the committee with
a cheque for $6,375, which
had been raised through silent
and live auctions at the business’s annual staff appreciation evening.
Local real estate agent
and prostate cancer survivor
Butch Oldford did not shave
his beard or moustache for
the campaign, but saved the
35-year-old facial statement
for the wrap-up evening so

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it could be shaved off by the
highest bidder.
Each bidder was obligated
to donate their bid even if they
didn’t win. By the time South
Glengarry Member of Parliament Guy Lauzon stepped up
to help Oldford shave, another
$1,000 had been collected.
Clapp said the fundraising
will continue until midnight
on Dec. 31, at which point the
2013 website will go live and
teams can begin fundraising
for next year.
Awareness campaign

The Dare to Flash a ‘Stache
campaign is similar to the international Movember movement, where men collect
pledges to grow their moustaches. But Flash a Stache is a
localized version with money
directly benefitting the community, Clapp said.
“There are a number of us
who wanted to do something
locally and we wanted to be
in control of where the funds
would go,” said Clapp.
Clapp said a major goal
of this campaign was raising awareness about regular
checkups and recognizing
early signs.
“Every man over 40 should
be having regular check ups,”
he said. “Even myself, I was
really ignorant about prostate

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fundraiser, more than any other individual who participated.
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Smith has decided it is
time to ask the community for
help.
“When you have a sick
child, you see how easy it
becomes to ask for help. At
some point when it becomes
really scary, you say, ‘OK, I
have to,’” Smith said.

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Like any toddler, Ellie is

busy.
On Oct. 25, she padded
happily from one room to
another, carefully navigating
the two stairs from the toyladen living room to the more
adult dining room. She played
with her Diego doll, and dismantled her mom’s seasonal
centrepiece.
She demanded her mother’s
attention, and wanted to play
with her big sister Avery, who
had a friend over. She laughed
one moment and cried the
next.
And every few minutes she
escaped from the long, clear
plastic tube that tethers her to
a humming oxygen machine
in the dining room.
While she can breathe on
her own, without the oxygen
she quickly develops symptoms of her illness: she begins
to pant, and then to throw up.
Her mother chased her time
and again to replace the tube
around her ears.
When her sister snacked on
Goldfish crackers, Ellie got
some too – but most of them
were thrown for fun.
Ellie gets most of her food
through a feeding tube in her
stomach, and despite being almost two, her mom still gets
up to feed her several times a
night.
The family lives “in a
bubble,” Smith said, because
Ellie’s immune system is so
compromised that they can’t
risk venturing into public very
often.
Avery, now three and a half,
will likely be home-schooled
because she would otherwise
bring too many germs home
to Ellie.
The campaign can be found
at indiegogo.com.

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Ellie Richard laughs with her mom Roxanne Smith at their Metcalfe home. Ellie has a rare
lung disease that requires 24-hour care and thousands of dollars of medical equipment
to keep her healthy.

EMC news – When Roxanne Smith’s rented home
suddenly went up for sale in
October, she cried in her doorway.
The mother of six signed a
lease and moved into the Metcalfe home on Lloyd Graham
Avenue with her two youngest children last May, but the
home has now been put up for
sale.
For most people, hearing
you may have to leave your
home is difficult. For Smith, it
was devastating.
That’s because Smith’s
youngest child, Ellie Richard,
a cheerful 23-month old, has
a rare form of childhood lung
disease, and requires 24-hour
care and thousands of dollars
worth of medical equipment
to help her breathe, sleep and
eat.
The rare disease, called
childhood interstitial lung
disease, is coupled with another lung cell problem called
NEHI, and both make it hard
for her body to take in enough
oxygen. As a result, she is constantly tethered to an oxygen
machine, and at night sleeps
with a ventilator.
All of this makes money
tight.
Since Ellie’s illness began
at three months old, Smith has
had to leave her job as a paramedic, and her employment
insurance has run out. Her
partner is self-employed as a
ceramic tiler, and when Ellie
is really sick he sacrifices contracts to be with his family.
They make frequent trips to
CHEO, and have had to spend
thousands of dollars on special
machines to keep Ellie breathing, as well as feeding tubes
and other equipment that isn’t
covered under OHIP.
Ellie qualifies for a drug
card that provides about $450
of coverage a month, but then
running all the powered equipment can drive their hydro bill
to as much as $500.
“Living in Canada does
not mean you are safe from
medically-associated bills and
financial hardships,” Smith
said. “People are stunned
when I tell them that all of her
medically necessary things
are in fact not covered.”
These added costs led Smith
to sell their Manotick home at
a loss in 2010, and they rented
in Barrhaven for about a year
before moving to Metcalfe.
“We’re in a position that
because of her illness, we’re
broke. We have nothing, we
have no down payment, we
don’t have great credit,” she
said.

Her dream is to raise enough
money for a down payment to
buy a “forever home” in trust
for Ellie, so that she doesn’t
ever have to move.
“My older children can go
out and work for a living, but
she can’t. Securing her future
is the ultimate goal,” Smith
said.
Although some children
with Ellie’s disease grow out
of some of their symptoms,
or at least improve with age,
there is also a chance that Ellie could face a dangerous
lung transplant.
Smith said her biggest fear
is that Ellie will take a turn
and have to be hospitalized
– as she often is – just as the
family has to move.
“If she needs a transplant,
the last thing we need to be
doing is moving,” she said.
Smith began a campaign
in October called A Home for
Ellie, which is hosted by the
social fundraising network Indiegogo.
Smith’s stated goal is to
raise $5,000, but she said
she’ll be grateful for whatever
comes in.
If it’s a relatively small
amount, it will go into Ellie’s
ongoing trust fund to support
her future. If it’s large enough
to get them closer to a down
payment, it will be used to
buy Ellie’s forever home – but
since they don’t qualify for
a mortgage, they also need a
private investor or sustained
donations to carry the mortgage in trust for Ellie.
So far the campaign has
raised about $1,500.

EMC news - The owner of
Ozzie’s Pizza is looking past
the charred remains of his restaurant to a better and brighter
future.
The pizzeria on Osgoode
Main Street across from
Osgoode’s community centre caught fire in the early
hours of Wednesday, Nov.
28, and has been shut down
ever since. It was deemed an
electrical fire caused by a wire
underneath the building, and
the restaurant suffered about
$60,000 dollars in damage.
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But the setback isn’t stop- Nearly a year ago, Mayor Jim Watson and Coun. Doug Thompson tasted their namesake
ping owner Om Dawson, who pizzas at Ozzie’s Pizza in Osgoode. Owner Om Dawson said he will rebuild from the fire
said the pizzeria will reopen that closed the shop on Nov. 28.
with a new menu and licensed
Dawson arranged to have ceilings where the fire spread
had already been approved by
bar “in the near future.”
“We’re looking to get the province, and he was only the pizzas cooked at the Marl- inside.
Insurance investigators are
Ozzie’s back up and going, holding off bringing in the bar borough Pub in North Gower
and hopefully have a brand while he worked out some de- so the students wouldn’t be assessing the damage, and
Dawson said it’s unclear at
disappointed.
new facility with Osgoode’s tails with his landlord.
Right now the building this point whether he will be
Dawson’s determination to
first liquor-licensed patio,”
keep going was immediately has no electricity, because able to rebuild in his current
Dawson said.
The young entrepreneur has clear hours after the fire, when the wires that caused the fire location or if he will have to
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are holes in the floors and said.
said his licensing applications hot lunch program.

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Continued from the front

During the Dec. 6 meeting, Manotick Community
Association president Klaus
Belzner made a pitch for the
community groups that have
an interest in the historic
buildings to pool resources
and align their plans in order
to present a cohesive pitch to
the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operating board.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The journey has just begun,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think this is
actually helping the community and the village by giving
them an opportunity to work
together.â&#x20AC;?
The Rideau Township Historical Society operates the
Dickinson House museum
and would like to continue
to do so, said board member
Maureen McPhee.
The society would be on
board with discussions about
aligning plans, she said.
The changes in zoning will
actually help the society continue operating the museum
by providing revenue-generating opportunities such as
the option of adding a heritage-style ice cream parlour
to the side, McPhee said.

ROSSSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ayers House office is bursting at the seams,
Slack said, so the group appreciates that the new zoning
could allow them to build an
addition on the house.

to sell the property.
The possibility of moving
into a new office that could be
built on the Clapp Lane site is
also enticing, Slack said.
SECONDARY PLAN

I think what we
want to do with the
secondary plan is
to take our focus
with the square
â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the uses, the
architectural design
guidelines â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and
expand it out to the
rest of the core,
COUN. SCOTT MOFFATT

He sees the changes as
a positive opportunity for
ROSSS; however, he acknowledges that it could also
result in the organization being evicted and having to find
a new home if the city wants

Responding to criticism
that the rezoning should have
been done at the same time
as a new secondary plan for
the village, Moffatt said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
unlikely any redevelopment
at Dickinson Square would
even begin before a secondary plan update is completed.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are a lot of people who have waited long
enough,â&#x20AC;? Moffatt said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;People who are heavily involved want to know
whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening with the
square. Uncertainty is the
worst thing.â&#x20AC;?
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think what we want to
do with the secondary plan
is to take our focus with the
square â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the uses, the architectural design guidelines
â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and expand it out to the rest
of the core,â&#x20AC;? Moffatt said.
The secondary plan update
is expected to get underway
at some point in early 2013.

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Dickinson House and three other heritage buildings are up for redevelopment in Dickinson Square, along with a vacant residential property on nearby Clapp Lane.

rustees of the Ottawa
Carleton District
School Board were
wrong to ratify an
agreement with secondary
school teachers despite the
provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rejection of the
deal, as it sets the stage for
further conflict in the ongoing
labour dispute.
Things are messy enough
following a planned one-day
strike by public elementary
school teachers this week.
But the approval of the agreement by the trustees after the

minister of education rejected
it only added to the chaos.
As board chairwoman
Jennifer McKenzie said in a
statement following a Dec.
4 meeting to ratify the deal,
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The best way to solve a
problem is to have the parties
directly involved sit down
and work together to find a
solution. This agreement was
locally negotiated; it has not
been revised.â&#x20AC;?
Why take this position?
Why pick a fight with the
ministry? The board could

have simply sought to work
with the federation on the
issues identified by the minister. If the federation rejected
this approach as they rejected
the ministerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intervention
in the first place, the board
rightly could have washed its
hands of the matter.
Now, Ottawa has a public
board that openly disagrees
with the province, which will
only serve to delay the prospect of a working agreement
even longer.
The province has laid out

its position. If the federation
wishes to reject that position,
thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s its prerogative. It is not
the place of the trustees to
reject the provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position
or chastise it for rejecting its
â&#x20AC;&#x153;locally negotiatedâ&#x20AC;? solution.
The ability to achieve that
end went out the window the
moment the province passed
Bill 115, which laid out a
number of terms the province
required in order to accept
any collective agreement
reached across Ontario.
The issue has become

political on a scale that is
beyond the scope of local
boards. Indeed the two parties holding the most seats at
Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Park, the Liberals
and the Progressive Conservatives, worked to pass the bill
in a minority legislature. The
PCs in fact sought to include
tougher language and have
made it clear such terms
would be the case if they were
in power.
Given the tumult in Ontario
politics at the moment, it is
presumptuous of the board to

assume they can get the provincial government to change
its tune on collective agreements at this point in time
â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Liberals simply arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in
any position to budge.
One thing is certain, however: most Ontarians want
the education labour disputes
settled and the sooner the better. By placing itself between
the ministry of education and
the teachers, Ottawa public
board trustees have only
served to delay the achievement of that goal.

COLUMN

A little laughter can go a long way
CHARLES
GORDON
Funny Town

N

o one talks about nuclear disarmament any more, but they were
talking about it over dinner at a local
hotel the other night. Not only that,
but they were laughing their heads off.
This was because of Murray Thomson, one
of those unsung heroes in our community. This
night he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, because he is turning 90. More
than a 100 people came out to celebrate and in
addition to talk of nuclear disarmament, there
was live country music and the pleasing spectacle of the guest of honor squeaking out These
Foolish Things on a violin.
It was not a solemn occasion, yet it took
place in front of a crowd that is often solemn to
a fault. No wonder: the many problems of the
world can anger you and make you sad.
Thomson, however, is of a generation that
took the issues, not themselves, seriously. They
worked hard, but they laughed and had fun.
There is no space here for a complete
resumĂŠ. Thomson worked in Southeast Asia for
CUSO, was involved in Project Ploughshares,
was one of the founders of Peace Fund Canada
and the Group of 78. To all of them he brought
boundless energy, optimistic spirit and a readiness to talk baseball. He holds the Pearson
Peace Medal and the Order of Canada.
At our table there was a discussion about
whether there is, in upcoming generations, a
group of people who can carry on the same
work with the same spirit. Because in addition
to the willingness to work hard for little in the
way financial reward and public recognition,
you need patience, optimism, faith in your fellow humans and a sense of humor.

Making the world a better place has been
fun for people like Murray Thomson, but for
too many others it has been an exercise in
negativity, born mostly out of hatred for those
in power. That has led to a lot of rock-throwing, no small amount of teargas and very little
positive change.
Yet there is a sense that todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s younger
generation might contain some who have the
necessary qualities, who might be ready to take
on issues of world poverty and poverty at home
without being financially rewarded for it, who
might be willing to be the only people in their
city talking about nuclear disarmament, who
could become happy warriors for change.
They study these issues in university. Their
ease with the Internet puts them in touch with
others of like mind. They can organize in a
hurry. They have an impulse to help others.
True, there is a tendency right now for some
people to think they are taking effective action
because they set up a Facebook page. But they
can learn where they can do the most good.
One of Murray Thomsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sustaining
beliefs, one that all people must have if they
choose his line of work, is the notion that ordinary people have and can use power effectively.
To this effect he told his favourite joke about
a rich and powerful man who goes into a restaurant. The waiter brings a roll and one pat of
butter. The man asks for two pats of butter. The
waiter politely refuses citing restaurant policy.
The angry customer says: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do you know
who I am?â&#x20AC;?
The waiter says no.
The customer says: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a United States
senator, chairman of the defence committee,
holder of three university degrees and a former
NFL football player.â&#x20AC;?
The waiter says: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do you know who I am?â&#x20AC;?
The customer says no.
The waiter says: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m the guy with the
butter.â&#x20AC;?
The message is clear: they may think they
have the power, but we have the butter. Unsaid
is another message: to fight the power it helps
to be able to laugh.

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Anglican parish heading post-abortion support group
Emma Jackson

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Rev. Kerri Brennan, the Anglican rector for Metcalfe, Vernon and Greely, is developing a post-abortion support
group for the South Dundas-Grenville area.
is designed to be a non-judgmental, non-denominational
space to deal with the emotions that come with terminating a pregnancy, such as grief,
loss, guilt and shame.
Brennan should know; she
went through it herself, and
she said it was a long journey
to self-forgiveness.
She faced “undealt-with
emotions” and a deep hurt,
along with a constant need to
ask for forgiveness.
She turned to counselling and liturgy for help, and

through a personal spiritual
journey was able to find the
forgiveness she needed to
move forward.
Brennan said she wants to
provide that opportunity for
others dealing with the impact of an abortion, and to
offer spiritual support if they
choose.
“We would like to facilitate conversation about their
experience,” Brennan said.
“We will not force an image
of God on them. It’s open to
absolutely everybody.”

velopment. For more information, Brennan can be reached

at kerri.brennan76@gmail.
com.

The Boys and Girls Club
of Ottawa

needs your help!
We at the BGCO are now preparing
for Christmas parties at our various
locations.
Through our Angel Tree program donations, we provide gifts each year to all
Club members between the ages of 6-12.
Due to reaching out to more kids in our
communities, and increased membership,
we are currently short 450 gifts for our
December 22nd celebrations.
Please give generously and help us to
make the season special for our Boys
and Girls Club of Ottawa kids!
We suggest the average cost of a gift not
exceed $30.00 and the individual, family,
or business donor chooses how many gifts
to donate. Any help is appreciated!
To participate in the Angel Tree program
and give back to deserving kids in your
community, please contact email
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EMC news - An Anglican
parish south of Ottawa is hoping to help women heal after
having an abortion.
The eight-week sessions
will begin in April somewhere
in the South Dundas-Grenville
area, although an exact location has yet to be chosen.
Reverend Kerri Brennan,
the new rector for the Anglican parish in Metcalfe, Vernon and Greely, began planning the support group while
she was working at a parish in
Cornwall, where the need for
such services was high.
“Outside the core of Ottawa, the support gets much
harder to find, short of going to a counsellor,” Brennan
said.
The support group has the
blessing of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa, as well as a
$2,500 bursary, although that
doesn’t mean the Anglican
church has declared its stance
on the controversial issue.
“Because it can be such a
touchy conversation socially,
politically and theologically,
we made it clear we did not
expect the diocese to take a
stand,” Brennan said.
The group is modeled on
similar support programs offered through Planned Parenthood and First Choice
women’s resource centres. It

The groups will be limited
to five women per session.
“It feels safer and more intimate, but it also gives them
more time to speak,” Brennan
said.
She said they will consider
adding more groups if demand
is higher than expected.
Eventually Brennan wants
to introduce a men’s group in
Winchester area, headed by
Rev. Jonathon Martin who has
helped organize the women’s
program.
“It can be easy to forget
that it can be a difficult and
scarring experience for men,”
she said.
She would also like to see
the program expand to other
areas of the city, including her
own parish in south Ottawa.
Brennan said the idea has
been widely popular among
Anglican members across the
region. Brennan said she believes that helping those who
have had an abortion doesn’t
mean you have to agree with
that person’s decision; it’s
simply the Christian thing to
do.
“Jesus calls us not to turn
our back and ignore the brokenness in our world,” Brennan said. “I am in no position
to judge what led them to that
decision, how difficult it is or
how they are coping. If I believe in a loving God then we
are here to help them.”
The program is still in de-

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Launch of the Fresh Food Revolution
On November 22nd, the Kanata Food
Cupboard, launched the Fresh Food
Revolution.
Some of the attendees
included Kanata councillors Allan
Hubley and Marianne Wilkinson and Dr.
Isra Levy, Medical Officer of Health, of
Ottawa Public Health.
What is the Fresh Food Revolution?
The Kanata Food Cupboard has made
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Let’s Talk About Sex
Many parents feel anxious about talking to their questions and concerns.
their kids about sex, yet, they are a major
source of information about sexuality for
their children. Don’t know where to start?
Here are some tips to help guide during
Capitalize on opportunities that come up
these very important talks:
in everyday life. Talk about a relative’s
pregnancy and ask them if they have
Talking about sexuality at an early age reflected on the question—where do
will make it easier when talking about babies come from?
more complex issues when they become Whether you just heard a news report
about sexually transmitted infections,
teenagers.
If your child has not asked you “where watching a love scene with a TV show, or
babies come from” by age 6 or 7—bring even listening to provocative lyrics on the
it up. Take it slowly, building on topics radio, these can be conversation starters
with your teen. It does not matter how
you have already discussed.
If your teen has not asked you about sex— you bring it up—it just matters that you
bring it up with them. Do not expect that let your teen know that you are willing to
everything will be covered in one “talk” talk about it.
as it may take more than one conversation
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correct terms, your child will learn that

Make the most of
teachable moments

Start early

Use “real” words

these are not “dirty” words and that it’s ok
to ask questions.

Clarify questions

When your child or teen comes to you
with a question, clarify what it is they
are asking. When a child asks where they
came from, they might simply be asking
in which city they were born.
Keep in mind that many of their questions
are really “am I normal?” in disguise.
You don’t have to know all the answers,
and it’s ok to say that you do not know.
Suggest that you and your child find the
answer together.

Share your values—
don’t lecture or preach

Listen and respect your child’s ideas. Ask
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context.

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You can also connect with OPH
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EMC news - Nominations
are open for the 2013 provincial Outstanding Young
Farmer award program, which
recognizes farmers and farm
couples who exemplify excellence in their profession.
By Dec. 15, anyone can
nominate a young farmer or
farm couple between the ages
of 18 and 39 for the title of
Ontario’s outstanding young
farmer.
The nominees must be farm
operators and get at least twothirds of their income from
farming.
If these eligibility requirements are met, a nomination
form must be returned to the
OOYF co-ordinator by the
deadline in order to be eligible for review.
A panel of judges will assess applications on the basis
of the farmer’s:

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Nominate an
outstanding young
farmer for 2013
• agriculture career progress
• soil, water and energy
conservation practices
• crop and/or livestock production history
• financial and management practices
• contribution to the wellbeing of the community,
province and nation.
The top five or six candidates will be asked to participate in an interview and presentation process at a regional event where the provincial
winner will be selected.
From there, the winner
will represent Ontario at a
national conference at the
end of 2013, where two honourees will receive Canada’s
Outstanding Young Farmer
Award.
To nominate an outstanding young farmer in your
community, visit www.oyfontario.ca/nominations.html.

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EMC news - The St. Mark
Catholic High School community has collected more
than 56,000 food items for
food banks across the region,
just as demand hits an all-time
high in Ontario.
The collection falls short
of the usual 60,000 cans the
school collects annually, but
teacher organizer Sean McElhinney said that’s mainly due
to the school’s smaller population this year.
The food has already been
distributed to food cupboards
across the city.
About a third went to the
Ottawa Food Bank and another third was given to Shepherds of Good Hope. The rest
was split between eight local
food cupboards and several
needy schools in the Ottawa
Catholic School Board.
Over the past 25 years, the
school has collected about 1.2
million canned food items
for needy people in Ottawa.
Competitions motivate the
students to bring in as much
as they can, and math classes
crunch the numbers to decide
the school’s top three homerooms.
All of the food is collected
over the course of one week.
“This is our big thing to do

in the school year,” McElhinney said.
A Grade 9 homeroom headed by Tracy Rino was the winning class this year, collecting
252.33 cans per student. The
runner-up was Gabe Leury’s
Grade 7 homeroom which
collected 169.33 cans per student. Leury’s class also won
the “Lionheart award” for total cans collected, with a pile
exceeding 5,000.
RISING DEMAND

Food drives are desperately
needed in Ontario right now
according to a report from the
Ontario Association of Food
Banks.
More than 412,000 people
in the province, including
160,000 children, are currently accessing hunger relief
programs every month, the
report found. This is up from
395,000 users in 2011.
Some of the fastest growing groups of food bank users
include single parent households, the working poor, seniors, university students and
recent graduates.
Bill Laidlaw, executive director of the association, said
rising food and living costs,
droughts and other agricultural issues, cuts to social services and increased layoffs
across the province have all

contributed to the increased
demand.
“Every day there are children going to school without breakfast, adults working through the day without
lunch, and seniors going to
bed without dinner, simply
because they cannot afford
food to eat,” Laidlaw said in
a statement.
According to the report, 19
per cent of food banks in the
province do not have enough
supplies to meet the growing
need in their community.
The Ontario report found
that 42 per cent of 2012 food
bank users were accessing
hunger relief programs for the
first time in their lives.
Laidlaw said the association will continue to pursue
the recommendations for
change that it made in its 2011
Hunger Report.
These include a call for increased access to affordable
healthy food, advocating for
a housing benefit for low income individuals, a tax credit
for farmers and a push for the
Ontario government to address
the root causes of hunger.
This can only be accomplished, Laidlaw said, by
implementing policy changes
that will lead to long-term
sustainable solutions, and ultimately make food banks unnecessary.

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Christmas tree hunt goes wrong

M

other said if
we didn’t quiet
down, we could
all stay in the
house and do chores.
We had known since Friday
night that on Saturday we
would be going into the bush
to get our Christmas tree. It
was one of the most exciting
times during the Christmas
holidays.
That meant my sister Audrey and I would do a quick
stab at tidying the house and
the three brothers could leave
cleaning out the cow byre
until Sunday.
Emerson was in an especially happy mood. He hated
shovelling out manure and
putting it off for one day was
a bonus in his eyes.
We were sitting around the
breakfast table and Father,
who had no patience with
frivolity at breakfast time,
threatened to cancel the whole
deal if Emerson and Everett
didn’t stop their silliness.
The brothers were kicking
each other under the table,
stabbing each other with their
elbows and laughing as if they
had seen something hilarious.
To put an end to the
nonsense, Father ordered
Everett to the barn to hitch
up the team and bring the
flat-bottomed sleigh around to

MARY COOK
Mary Cook’s Memories
the house before he was even
finished with his porridge.
That ended the carry on at the
table.

where the best spruce trees
were.
Emerson had staked out the
tree he thought would be just

Everett finally wrestled the axe away from
Emerson and he flung it towards the tree.
Emerson then took a swing at Everett and the
two of them went down rolling off the sleigh.
It gave the rest of us time to
get into our winter clothes. To
go back in the bush on a bitterly cold winter’s day meant
we had to dress as if we were
off to the North Pole.
On that day, we all wore
extra wool socks pulled up to
our knees, at least two pairs of
mitts and our hats with the ear
lugs on them.
The horses were up to their
bellies in snow as we went
over the West Hill, across
fields and deep into the bush

perfect. I worried the horses
wouldn’t make it, as they
sunk up to their bellies in the
snow.
“Just past that big cluster
over there,” Emerson said,
pointing in the general direction of a clump of spruce
trees, towering towards the
sky. He was right. There it
was. I thought it was just perfect: tall, with full branches
sweeping the snow at the
bottom, looking like it would
reach to the ceiling in our

kitchen where it would spend
its days until the new year.
But that’s when the trouble
began. Everett said since he
was the oldest, he would be
wielding the axe.
Emerson said he saw the
tree first and chopping it
down was his job.
Everett was holding on
to the head of the axe while
Emerson had a firm grip on
the handle. It was like a tugof-war back there in the bush.
Father, meanwhile, leaned
against the one post at the
front of the sleigh and lit his
pipe. Audrey and I sat on the
edge with our legs hanging
down and our feet in the
snow.
Everett finally wrestled the
axe away from Emerson and
he flung it towards the tree.
Emerson then took a swing at
Everett and the two of them
went down rolling off the
sleigh.
Now Father was a patient
man, but I could see he
wasn’t going to put up with
this nonsense much longer.
“I’ll tell you what will
settle this,” he said, taking a
deep drag on his pipe.
“The two of you can head
back to the barns and since
you have so much energy,
you can clean out the cow
byre. You should be finished

by the time we get back.”
Once Father made up his
mind there wasn’t much that
could change it.
“Now, git,” he said. “The
two of you.”
Not another word was
needed. The two of them
headed back out of the bush,
clomping through the waistdeep snow. Then a deep
sadness came over me and I
could feel the tears coming.
This was supposed to be
such a happy time, a family
time. It was always wonderful. The day we got the tree
and went home to steaming
cups of hot chocolate and a
piece of Mother’s rich Christmas cake was now changed. I
felt such sadness for Emerson
and Everett.
When they had almost
reached the edge of the bush
and were well out of earshot,
Father again lit his pipe and
tilting his head back, blowing
the smoke high into the air,
said:
“Don’t worry, we won’t
cut down the tree today.
We’ll come back after church
tomorrow. Those two will be
cooled off by then.”
Father waited until he was
sure Emerson and Everett
would be almost back to the
barn yard to turn the team
around.
I took one last look at the
big spruce tree that would
soon be in our kitchen, the
one my brother had picked
out.

Free CPR course
from paramedics
EMC news - Calling all
Good Samaritans: here’s your
chance to learn a life-saving
skill while supporting those in
need within our community.
Coun. Mark Taylor, chair
of the city’s community and
protective services committee,
and Ottawa paramedics Chief
Anthony Di Monte are hosting
a free CPR course in support
of the city’s United Way campaign at the Jim Durrell Recreation Centre, 1265 Walkley
Rd., on Dec. 6 from 7 to 8:30
p.m.
For a suggested donation of
$10, participants will learn to
recognize the signs of a sudden
cardiac arrest and proper CPR
technique through a 90-minute
hands-on training session.
Ottawa paramedics will
also demonstrate advanced
life-saving skills.
Citizens can learn and practice basic CPR skills and, at
the same time, their donation
will benefit the city’s United
Way campaign.
Those who donate $20 or
more will be issued a tax receipt for the amount.
Participants can register for
the course online at www.ottawa.ca.
This is the first time such an
event has been organized by
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EMC news - Officials
dubbed the city’s forthcoming light-rail system the
“Confederation Line” during
an announcement of which
companies will build the
$2.1-billion transit system.
The Rideau Transit Group,
led by ACS Infrastructure
Canada Inc., SNC-Lavaln
and EllisDon, was selected
to construct the line, which is
expected to be completed on
time by 2018 – and on budget.
While the initial budget
was pegged at $2.1 billion,
that amount didn’t account
for inflation that would occur
between 2009 and the start of
construction in 2013.
After a couple of changes
– including making sections
of the downtown tunnel more
shallow, bringing the proposed Campus station above
ground and shifting Rideau
station east of the canal – the
final price tag is now $2.13
billion.
That price includes $1.8
billion for construction and
the remainder for buying
land needed to build the line.

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Rideau Transit Group agreed
to a fixed-price contract of
$2.1 billion.
Members of council were
to review the deal as a committee of the whole on Dec.
12 and council’s final vote on
the contract will take place
Dec. 19.
If the deal is approved, Ottawa will be getting 30 Alstrom Citadis trains, 1,500 of
which are already used in 40
cities around the world.
The trains can travel up
to 100 kilometres per hour
and will be able to make the
trip from Tunney’s Pasture
to Blair station – the ends of
the 12.5-km line – in 24 minutes. That means trains could
be running as frequently as
one every minute and 45 seconds.
The trains are designed
with onboard bicycle storage and are “proven in heavy
snow and cold,” according to
Rideau Transit Group’s materials.
The project is Ottawa’s
largest-ever
infrastructure
project, Watson said, but the
impact on traffic likely won’t
be as bad as people might anticipate.
That’s because a lot of the

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This rendering of the new downtown east light rail transit station was among a number of designs and proposals in the
Rideau Transit Group’s winning bid. Council will vote on the group’s proposal on Dec. 19.
downtown construction will
happen underground.
Constructing the first
phase of light rail is expected to generate jobs totalling
more than 3,200 person-years
of employment for trades in
the Ottawa area.
Another 700 person-years
of employment for highly
skilled technical staff and
375 person years of employment for engineers will also
be created.
This job creation is pro-

jected trickle down to generate 20,000 person-years of
work, both directly related to
the construction and employment needed to support that
work.
NEXT STEPS?

• July 2013: digging of the
2.5-km downtown tunnel begins
• November 2014: construction begins on the first
station: Hurdman
• Summer 2015 to fall
2017: construction on remaining stations
• December 2015: testing
on the line begins
• October 2017: construction complete
• May 2018: trains begin
running

$2.1 BILLION BREAKDOWN

• $600 million from the
federal government
• $600 million from the
provincial government
• $192 million from federal gas-tax transfers
• $287 million from the
city’s provincial gas-tax receipts
• The remaining $451 million will come from development charges and transit
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Yasmin Duque, left, and her five-year-old daughter Patty Duque join Sabine Chadwick
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brought about 15 vendors from across the region to show their wares in the village, with
vendor fees donated to the Osgoode Township Care Centre. The craft show was set up like
a store, with vendor products mixed and mingled throughout the shop. A large Christmas tree was covered in ornaments and products from many of the vendors, bringing a
festive feel to the store. Duque and her daughter were selling products from Log Cabin
Orchard and Chadwick was selling a variety of jewelry, baked goods and preserves.

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Osgoode welcomes Christmas
Emma Jackson

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EMC news - Osgoode residents rung in the holiday season on Saturday, Dec. 1 with
a Santa breakfast and parade
during the day and the second
annual Flick the Switch light-

ing event in the evening.
Santa was there for all the
festivities. The parade featured floats from community
groups, local politicians and
businesses.
Kids lined the streets to
collect candy and send their
letters to Santa Claus, if they

didn’t hand deliver them at
breakfast.
The evening’s flick the
Switch event raised money for
the Osgoode Youth Association while residents gathered
at Osgoode Public School to
watch the Nesrallah family
turn on their Christmas lights.

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ABOVE LEFT: Oscar the Grouch greets the crowd at the Osgoode Santa Claus Parade atop the Osgoode-Carleton Snowmobile Trail Club’s float on Dec. 1. The snowmobile association is known for its imaginative floats; in the past it has
arrived at community parades as glam rock band KISS.
ABOVE RIGHT: St. Nick himself waves at the crowd from the Cooper Physiotherapy float during the Osgoode Santa
Claus Parade on Dec. 1. Santa met with kids at a community breakfast before the parade, and then visited again at the
Flick the Switch event in the evening.

Pet Adoptions

PET OF THE WEEK

ROCKY

Meet Chia, the OHS staff believe he is about 6 years old. He is a
neutered male, chocolate point Siamese cat. He was brought to the
shelter as a stray on September 8, but is now available for adoption!
Chia is looking for a warm and loving, breed-savy, adult only home.
He’s looking for a home that will keep him indoors only!
If you think either of these animals are the right pet for your family,
contact the Ottawa Humane Society today! Visit the OHS website
at www.ottawahumane.ca to see photos and descriptions of all of
the animals available for adoption. Stop by the Adoption Centre,
weekdays 11:00am-7:00pm and Saturdays 10:00am-5:00pm.

Holidays and Pets
Many pets are given up at vacation time because of a perceived
inconvenience. Thousands of pets who were left with “pet sitters”
are lost each year. A little forethought would have prevented these
things from happening
If You Leave Your Pet Behind...Take time to explain your
pet’s routine to the sitter and include a list of instructions of what
to do if the pet is lost.
The Live-In Pet and Plant Sitter... Ideally a relative or a friend
who knows your pet (or gets to know him/her before you leave
and will be with him/her most of the day). Before you go, leave an
adequate supply of food, grooming instructions, exercise routine and
veterinarian’s (including emergency clinic) telephone numbers. Also
inform your microchip provider of the temporary contact numbers.
If possible, leave your itinerary and phone numbers. Make sure your
pet is wearing a collar and tag and has had all vaccinations. Phone
your sitter a couple of times to check things out.
The Drop In Neighbour.... Many agree to stop by each day
to feed, water and exercise your pet. Make sure you entrust this
duty to a responsible person (some students do this for a summer
job). Get references.
Professional Pet Sitters... This is a relatively new field and is
an excellent alternative to kennelling, especially for cats who often
don’t do well out of their home environment. Check the yellow
pages for persons offering these services. Better yet, talk to friends
and family and find out if they can recommend someone. Always

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Meet Rocly! This neutered male, Shih Tzu, is 5 years old! He
was surrendered to the shelter by his owner on November 12, but
is now available for adoption. Rocky is a lovely boy who would
love companionship from humans only. He is best suited to a
quieter home, but would be fine with children over the age of 5.
Rocky is known to love his daily walks, and has perfect the art of
“sitting pretty”. By day, Rocky has been spending his time in one
of our administrative offices, and it has been noted that he is a
very sweet, quiet dog that just wants to be around people and he
loves to be cuddled!
check references and look for someone who is bonded.
Visit The Kennel and Check for the Following...
• Are the cages clean and large enough for your pet?
• Is water available at all times?
• Do the kennel owners insist on all vaccinations?
• How often will your pet receive exercise? What kind of
exercise?
• Is the boarding agreement complete and satisfactory?
• Is a veterinarian on call 24 hours? You might check with the
doctor’s office to verify.
If You Take Your Pet With You...
• Keep complete identification and rabies tag on your dog or cat
at all times.
• Carry current health and vaccination certificates
• Book your hotel in advance in a hotel that allows pets.
• Do not leave your pet alone in a hotel room without familiar
toys and bedding. It is a good idea to bring a pet carrier or even
a crate with you.
Travelling By Car...
• Make sure your pet is used to travelling in the car. If necessary
take him/her on a few short rides before vacation time.
• Do not leave your pet in the car during warm weather, even
with the window open. Heat Kills!
• Do not feed your pet for a few hours before a trip. Bring along
fresh cool water and a familiar water bowl.
• Allow for exercise breaks during long trips. They’re good for
both you and a your pet.

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Please note: The Ottawa Humane Society has many other companion
animals available for adoption. Featured animals are
adopted quickly! To learn more about adopting an animal
from the Ottawa Humane Society please contact us:
Website: www.ottawahumane.ca
Email: Adoptions@ottawahumane.ca
Telephone: (613) 725-3166 x258

Finnegan
My name is Finnegan and I am a 18 month old St. Bernard/Husky mix. I had a rough start to life, but
thanks to the wonderful people at Friendly Giant Dog Rescue my mom adopted me when I was 5 months
old. Now I get to run and play everyday with my fur friends at the dog park and the fields near our house.
My mom also brings me along with her to work sometimes, and I get LOTS of attention from the kids she
works with - she tells me I would make a great therapy dog...I just like the belly rubs!
Do you think your pet is cute enough to be “THE PET OF THE WEEK”? Submit a picture and short
biography of your pet to find out! Simply email to: cfoster@thenewsemc.ca attention “Pet of the Week”

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A win for remembrance
First place winners of the Manotick Legion’s poster and
literary contest gathered to celebrate their good work at
the legion building on Anne Street. The winners will now
compete at the zone level, after which they may move
on to district, provincial and national competitions. In
the back row, legion committee member Linda Ambrose
and poppy and remembrance committee chairman Richard Coles join Andrea El-Beyrouti, Alexie Alswiti, Christian Padrones, Jack Moulton, youth education chairman
Jean Lanouette and Sarwa Ali. In the centre row are Joey
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All are welcome to come hear the good news
in a spiritually uplifting mix of traditional and
forward looking Christian worship led by the
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We invite anyone who is grieving to come

Our area houses of worship invite
you to rejoice this Christmas season
with praise, reflection, song and
prayer. Their doors are always open,
so please join them in celebrating
the true meaning of the season.

Merry Christmas from the mayor
Out of 500 submissions, Mayor Jim Watson chose a drawing by Riverside South resident
Giorgio Manasseri for his 2012 Christmas card design. Giorgio submitted his drawing
last year while in Grade 1 at Bernard Grandmaître Catholic Elementary School. The illustration depicts the mayor handing out hot beverages on the outdoor skating rink in
front of city hall. While Giorgio had never skated on the Rink of Dreams before, he got a
chance on Dec. 6 after being presented with a framed copy of the greeting card, which
was sent to thousands of people on the mayor’s Christmas list. Kids can now submit their
drawings for consideration for the mayor’s 2013 card.

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Buy recreation and culture gift certificates in denominations of $5, $10, $20
and $50. Everyone loves a gift where they get to choose from hundreds
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Moms and their tots can get out of the house and get fit, dance or make
music together. Preschoolers can learn to make friends and share toys at
one of many playgroups and preschool programs.

Gift certificates are good across the city at local community centres
and at the big complexes with lots going on. Recreation and culture
programs are for all ages and happen morning, noon and night, seven
days a week!

Dog owners can learn good behaviour and tricks with their pets. Novice
cross-country skiers can get lessons at Mooney’s Bay. Indoor cycling
classes are a great way to get fit and make friends. You can try a range
of dance drawing, painting and pottery classes; yoga, tai chi and Pilates
workouts or guitar, piano and singing lessons.

Your loved ones can work out in a gym, play in the volleyball league,
skate or play hockey at an arena.
Adults 50 and over can enjoy activities geared to their interests, both
active and intellectual.
Youth can hang out with friends in the gym or learn a life skill like
leadership, babysitting, or cooking.
Good swimmers can take advanced courses heading toward employment

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Kars family continues to grow a tradition of giving
EMC community - Giving
can be as rewarding as getting
this Christmas.
That’s the message a Kars
family is hoping to spread
through their toy mountain
fundraiser.
“When you give to less
fortunate children it not only
makes them happy at Christmas but it also makes you feel
great,” said 12-year-old Paige
MacLellan.
Paige and her 10-year-old
sister Katelyn, along with their
parents Mark and Stacey MacLellan, are helping to bring
Christmas toys to families
in need by collecting for the
Salvation Army toy mountain
through St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Kars.
The idea came together five
years ago after the girls saw
some of their friends donate
birthday money to an animal
protection group.
Mark MacLellan came
upon the Salvation Army toy
mountain campaign online
and suggested to the girls they
didn’t need so many toys. He
suggested they should ask
their guests to donate them to
the Salvation Army toy mountain instead.
“I’ve always tried to guide
them but it’s never been about
pressure. It had to be their
choice,” MacLellan said.
“There have been rewards
and benefits however, I would
tell the girls if they invite

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back are their grandparents William and Linda MacLellan.
guests to donate toys to the
Salvation Army they could
invite the whole class, otherwise the party will be limited
to a few friends.”
St. Andrews minister Susan
Clarke said she and the congregation were quick to support the idea.
“The congregation was so
impressed that children so

young would be so conscientious and aware of the world
around them,” she said.
The MacLellan family also
provide lunch for the congregation on a Sunday in December to say thank you and promote the toy drive.
“For me it’s all about giving back and also the enjoyment of making the lunch

for the congregation with the
girls. We spend the day teaching them how to make soups
and French bread,” said MacLellan. “I hope those are the
memories they will carry with
them.”
Over the last five years the
girls have collected nearly 600
toys for the Salvation Army
toy mountain campaign and

about $900 in cash donations.
“The more children know
about the world the better,
and it’s important for them to
know they can make a difference,” Clarke said. “Children
are generally open to being
helpful and kind; it comes
with having an open heart. We
can learn a lot from them.”
MacLellan agreed.

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“If kids are given the opportunity and guidance I
believe they make the generous choice,” he smiled. “My
hope is that as we guide them
through to adulthood they will
continue to be very generous
people.”
“It has snowballed among
the girls’ friends. We have
seen over the past few years
a lot of them asking for donations at their parties, too,”
added his wife Stacey.
Now that the toy collection
at St. Andrew’s has become a
tradition, the MacLellan family said they want to take their
campaign to the next level.
“Next year we might go to
another church and provide
lunch and promote the idea of
collecting toys for the Salvation Army’s toy mountain.
We’ll see if we can plant seeds
and encourage other churches
to start their own traditions,”
said MacLellan.
“The toy drive has grown
a lot over the last five years. I
think our parents are proud of
us,” added Paige.
“I think they are happy we
are giving back to people that
don’t have as much,” Katelyn
said.
Toys can still be dropped
off at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Kars until
Dec. 16. The Salvation Army
is expected to provide 16,000
children in the Ottawa region
with toys this Christmas.

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The Knox Presbyterian
Church choir and worship
team in Manotick will present Emmanuel – Celebrating
Heaven’s Child on Sunday,
Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. Please
come join us in celebrat-

ing our Saviour’s birth. A
free-will offering will be
taken. For more information,
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fundraising event! From 2 to
5 p.m., couples of all ages
can decorate one pre-assembled gingerbread house, with
a supply of treats and icing
and lots of holiday cheer.
Seasonal music will get you
in the spirit, and steaming
bowls of chili, sugar cookies
and warm winter signature
drinks will be available for
purchase. Those interested
in competing can enter their
house for judging and prizes.
Cost is $25 per pair: two
friends, two family members, two spouses, etc. Please
register in advance by email:
o-yacentre@rogers.com.
The Village Voices Women’s
Choir presents “We Need
A Little Christmas” at
Winchester United Church,
519 Lawrence Street in
Winchester on Sunday, Dec.

16 at 2:30 p.m. Special
guests include Mary Muckle
and the Ottawa Youth
Harp Ensemble. Following the concert there will
be refreshments, as well
as a gift basket raffle and
a door prize draw. Please
bring non-perishable items
for the Food bank. Tickets
are $10 for adults. Children
under 12 are free. For more
information, please email
catgraham_59@yahoo.com
or visit www.freewebs.com/
villagevoices.

Dec. 17:

The Osgoode Baptist and
Vernon United Church
invites everyone to Country
Christmas, a showcase of
music from the Gallagher
family as well as some local
talent on Monday, Dec. 17
from 7 to 9 p.m. at 8674
Bank Street in Vernon. Enjoy
fellowship, refreshments and
baked treats.

Dec. 20:

Enjoy some Christmas bingo

at the Osgoode Legion,
Thursday, Dec. 20 at 6:30
p.m. Draws for turkeys and
hams, Christmas wreaths and
Christmas baskets. Come
out, have fun and support
your Legion.

Dec. 31:

The Rideau and District Old
Tyme Fiddlers Association is
inviting you and your friends
to our traditional New Year’s
Eve dinner dance, Monday,
Dec. 31 at the Alfred Taylor
Community Centre in North
Gower. Happy hour from
6 to 7 p.m., catered beef
and turkey buffet and dessert. Bar service and party
favours at 7 p.m., music
from 9 to 1 p.m. by the
renowned Dennis Harrington
and Heritage Country
Band. Reserved tickets only.
For additional information
please call Mary 613 4892697, Irwin 613 258-2258 or
Gerry 613 692-4122.

time.

Mondays and Thursdays:

The Gloucester South Seniors
Chess Club, 4550 Bank St.
(at Leitrim Road) meets
every Monday and Thursday
at 7 p.m. Immediate openings
available for more chess
aficionados. Please contact
Robert MacDougal at 613821-1930 for more information.
In Harmony, a woman’s
chorus, is welcoming new
members. Practices are from
7 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays.
Call 613-722-0066.

Wednesdays:

Want to meet new friends?
Have a great workout?
Come to The MET (Metropolitan Bible Church) every
Wednesday from 12:15 to
1:15 p.m. for a free women’s
fitness class with a certified
fitness instructor. Includes a
five-minute inspirational fit
tip. Any questions? Contact
the church office at 613-2388182.

Thursdays:

Every Thursday starting at
6:30 p.m. enjoy bingo at the
Osgoode Legion. All money
raised at these weekly events
goes back to the community.

Greely Community Centre,
1448 Meadow Drive, Greely.
Old Time Fiddle and Country Dance. First Friday of
every month. 7:30 p.m. to
11:30 p.m. $5/person at the
door or yearly memberships
available. No charge for
participating musicians and
singers. Join us for a good

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A couple of reindeers stopped by the Osgoode Township
Care Centre on Dec. 6 to bake cookies with residents and
help the long-term care facility get ready for Christmas. Susan Kent, left, and Erin Langevin are both OLG Slots managers at the Rideau Carleton Raceway and volunteered as
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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20

Taurus, there is bound to be a learning curve when you
begin a new job or a new task. Do not be hard on yourself
if it takes you a little longer.
Gemini, thoughtful reflection certainly may provide some
of the answers you seek. But another way is to simply get
out there and ask other people what they think.
Cancer, sad situations may come up, but you have a way
of deflecting the situation and showcasing the bright side
of things. You may find you are a person providing support
this week.
Leo, many opportunities to entertain family and friends
are on the horizon. Honor all of your commitments and
enjoy all of the
festivities.

28. Sleeping place
29. Indicates position
30. Prepared for competition
31. One who shows the way
32. Of I
33. Decayed teeth
35. Seraglios
36. More free from danger
37. Great amounts
38. Surreptitious
39. Arabian greeting
40. Angel food and carrot
41. # of ancient wonders
43. Ball of thread or yarn
45. To interpret: explain
48. Doctors’ group

Last week’s
answers

Libra, sit down and enjoy some peace and quiet. You may
enjoy the break from the frenetic pace you have been
keeping the last few months.
Ever an ideas person, Scorpio, now you have to put some
follow-through into those plans. You can likely find a few
friends to join you on your next adventure.
Sagittarius, things certainly go on when you’re not around,
but others may notice they just may not be as fun. You often
lend joviality to anything you attend so spread your cheer.
Capricorn, bide your time and you just may end the year
on a bang. Don’t be afraid to add other things to your
last-minute wish list because your goals just may be
met.
Aquarius, you enjoy social situations but that doesn’t
mean you have to be the life of the party.
Keep this in mind as you attend holiday
gatherings.
Pisces, while others are thinking about what presents they
want under the tree, you may be thinking of how to give
back to others.

This weeks
puzzle answers in
next weeks issue

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broken down into nine 3x3
boxes. To solve a sudoku,
the numbers 1 through 9
must fill each row, column
and box. Each number can
appear only once in each
row, column and box. You
can figure out the order
in which the numbers will
appear by using the numeric
clues already provided in the
boxes. The more numbers
you name, the easier it gets
to solve the puzzle!

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close to you asks for your assistance. Act first and ask
questions later. It will be worth it.

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